i imagine not invented here developers in the 1910s would’ve come up to me like “check out this flying machine i made, it’s powered by carbon monoxide and wishful thinking”

interestingly wishful thinking mixed with large spinning blades is exactly how the fizzy lifting room works. given that it was written in the 70s, i could imagine carbon monoxide was involved too

was willy wonka a NIH developer

this is me btw i would’ve absolutely died in a fatal balloon accident

@rowan high power rowan quote

@kirakira incidentally the flying machine would’ve been high power which would have been the problem

or like that scene with the bike with the giant propeller attached from kiki’s delivery service